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Megophryidae
Sign in to saveMegophryidae, commonly known as goose frogs, is a large family of frogs native to the warm southeast of Asia, from the Himalayan foothills eastwards, south to Indonesia and the Greater Sunda Islands in Maritime Southeast Asia, and extending to the Philippines. Fossil remains are also known from North America. it encompasses 246 species of frogs divided between five genera. For lack of a better vernacular name, they are commonly called megophryids.
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FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAmphibia
- OrderAnura
- FamilyMegophryidae
角蟾科（学名：Megophryidae）是两栖纲无尾目的一科，分布于东南亚地区，包括喜玛拉雅山以东，南至印度尼西亚、大巽他群岛及菲律宾等地。到2008年为止，该科下包括了12个属、共70至100个物种。 角蟾以伪装而知名，特别是栖息于森林中的角蟾看上去与枯叶类似。它们的伪装都相当精细，其中一些的皮肤能够折叠成叶脉状，而一种三角枯叶蛙还有能延伸至眼睛与鼻部的尖锐投影，使其蛙形得以隐藏。 角蟾体长在2厘米至12.5厘米之间，成年角蟾的舌头呈桨形。它们的蝌蚪生活在水中，特别是池塘与溪流中。这些蝌蚪的形态因栖息地的不同而各异。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6
- Family
- Megophryidae
- Collections
- ROM, NMV
- Recorded in
- Vietnam, China
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Megophryidae, commonly known as goose frogs, is a large family of frogs native to the warm southeast of Asia, from the Himalayan foothills eastwards, south to Indonesia and the Greater Sunda Islands in Maritime Southeast Asia, and extending to the Philippines. Fossil remains are also known from North America. it encompasses 246 species of frogs divided between five genera. For lack of a better vernacular name, they are commonly called megophryids.
==Morphology== The megophryids are notable for their camouflage, especially those that live in forests, which often look like dead leaves. The camouflage is accurate to the point of some having skin folds that look like leaf veins, and at least one species, the long-nosed horned frog (Megophrys montana) has sharp projections extending past the eye and nose, which disguise the frog shape.
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